The Grenada gazette., 1887-09-24
FACTS FOR FARMERS.

The white of an egg beaten TO .
stiff froth whipped up with the juice OF
one lemon and taken half hourly. will
relieve hoarseness and soreness Of the
chest
Preaching economy. the New-
England Farmer thinks. has become
monotonous; yet on the farm. as else
where, waste takes more than storms,
frosts and insects.
Tho droppings from sheep ore
highly concentrated and should bs
carefully saved, the best mode of 30
doing being TO mix them with the COM
posit heap.
If the meat in the barrel shows
any signs Of faint take it out OF the
barrel, wash in clean water, and put
it in new brine, first cleaning the bar.
rel thoroughly.
Strain buttermilk through q sieve
to separate it from the butter granules.
This is easily done with barrel
buttermilk plug. Journal.
Experience is a good teacher, but
her rates of tuition are high. OBJ
servation is another teacher who
could take the place Of experience in
many cases at much less expense
Western PloWman.
When the granery is emptied,
clean it ont thoroughly and give it all
the benefit of air and sunlight that it
can have. This should be surely done
before the new grain is put in.
Grasses are the most universally
diifused Of any of the towering plants,
extending to all portions of the globe,
even where the earth is bare of snow
only for few weeks in the year. The
grass family includes Indian corn and
all of our small grains, as well as those
termed grasses by farmers. - The Farm
e. and Manufacturer.
No soil without the presence OF
vegetation matter in some form is, or
can be, productive. The presence of
vegetable matter-hamus-opens the
soil, lets in air per mits the free pass
sage Of moisture. and hence gets the
soil thoroughly acrated. Witho ut this,
in greater or less degree. no field is
fruitful.
Referring to the practice Of hold
ing butter in cold storage for rise in
price, the Anlerican Culticat0r says:
"1here is very little encouragement
for dairymen to speculate in butter. In
the long run it proves to be the best
policy for the producers to sell their
butter about as fast as made. 1t never
improves in condition after this point.
DIR. A. B. Grifliths, an English
physician. has Just published COM
munication which is Of great impor-
tance no horticulturists and agricult-
urists. He demonstrates that iron
sulphate is an antidote for many Of the
most virulent epidemics which attack
field and garden crops. The iron sui
phatc destroys the cellulose OF the fun
guses, but does not affect that Of the
attacked plant. 1t is, therefore, an
antidote and destroyer Of such para
site germs and funguses as the potato
disease. wheat mildew, etc.-Public
Opinion.
1T is remarked that "the time to
select potato seed is when digging the
crop. That like produces like all admit,
and it is only reasonable to infer that
those hills which are the fullest of de-
srable potatoes are this ones to save.
When the right hill is found save every
tuber that is large enough for seed.
This method gives the best chance for
not only keeping up, but improving
the quality Of the crop. Breeding from
the best is much more reasonable
and promising method than random
selection from the pile at sorting time.
Tho best hills are discovered only at
harvest time. and then is the only time
they can be selected for seed. .'-St
Louis Republican,
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